Linkfest: February 26, 2018

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What I am reading today

A formidable alliance? The opposition's growing indictment of the Punjab government (India at LSE)
How Happy Talk Can Ruin M&As (INSEAD Knowledge)


China's Huawei says rivals using politics to keep it out of US for fear of competition (SCMP: China Tech)
Who are the most underrated and overrated libertarian thinkers? (Marginal REVOLUTION)
MCAP / GDP (Views on Life & on Equity Investing)
Increase in deployment of Chinese ships in Indian Ocean Region: Admiral Sunil Lanba (Economic Times)
#MeghalayaElection2018: Development Indicators Are Falling. Insurgency, Infrastructure Largely To Blame (IndiaSpend)
The great rush to data sciences in India (FactorDaily)
Nearly Two-Thirds of Large Companies Globally Face High Levels of Industry Disruption, Accenture Study Finds (Accenture Digital)
How Happy Talk Can Ruin M&As (Insead)

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